The U.S. Is the World’s Top Gasoline Exporter

The United States is exporting gasoline more than any other nation in the world, supplying more than 16% of all exports of the fuel globally, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in an analysis on Tuesday. Last year, U.S. motor gasoline exports (finished gasoline plus gasoline blending components) averaged 900,000 barrels per day (bpd). This is equivalent to about 10% of domestic consumption and enough to fill up the tanks of over 1.5 million SUVs per day, assuming an average tank size of 24 gallons, the EIA noted. Although China…